Glider infantry

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The Glider Badge, worn by U.S. Army airborne soldiers who rode gliders (instead of parachuting) into combat

Glider Flash, awarded in 1949, as an honour to the Border Regiment, for glider landings in Sicily on 9 July 1943

Glider infantry (also referred to as airlanding infantry esp. in British usage) was a type of airborne infantry in which soldiers and their equipment were inserted into enemy-controlled territory via military glider. Initially developed in the late 1930s by Germany, glider infantry units were used extensively during World War II but are no longer used by any modern military.